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Q. Do you think the Federal Liberal/National opposition parties favour the interests of businesses or workers?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | |
| Total favour businesses | 61% | 79% | 50% | 73% |
| Total favour workers | 8% | 5% | 12% | 5% |
| Favour businesses a lot more than workers | 36% | 63% | 14% | 57% |
| Favour businesses a little more than workers | 25% | 16% | 36% | 16% |
| Favour workers a little more than businesses | 7% | 4% | 11% | 4% |
| Favour workers a lot more than businesses | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% |
| Balance the interests of businesses and workers | 14% | 3% | 27% | 4% |
| Don’t know | 17% | 12% | 10% | 19% |
61% think that the Federal Opposition favours the interests of businesses, 8% think they favour the interests of workers and 14% think they balance their interests.
Labor voters think they favour businesses over workers by 79% to 5% and Greens voters are also much more likely to think they favour the interests of businesses (73%) over workers (5%).
Liberal /National voters are more likely to think they balance their interests (27%) – although 50% think they favour businesses’ interests and only 12% think they favour workers.
Men are more likely to think they favour the interests of businesses over workers by 66% to 9% compared to women 55% to 8%.